What is the impact of poverty on standard measures of academic achievement?
a. The impact is negative.
b. The impact is positive but modest.
c. There is a positive impact only for middle income children. d. No impact has been found in research so far.
a
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A. co-morbid B. emotional C. severe D. medical
A velocity curve for height is useful in depicting
A. increments of change per unit of time B. periods of fast growth C. periods of slow growth D. height velocity percentiles for boys and girls E. all selections are correct
Compared to effectiveness studies, efficacy studies of psychotherapy outcome generally have
A. greater internal validity. B. greater external validity. C. little or no criteria for who is allowed to participate. D. significant funding from the American Counseling Association.
All of the following are important criticisms of intelligence tests EXCEPT
a. they may actually measure achievement rather than inherent abilities. b. they fail on grounds of reliability. c. they may be culturally biased. d. they can lead to self-fulfilling prophecy. e. they may be biased against those who are educationally disadvantaged.